The Clinical and Radiologic Features Affecting the Ocular Symptoms in Patients With Paranasal Sinus Mucoceles Involving the Orbit.

Introduction: Paranasal sinus (PNS) mucoceles may involve orbit and have ophthalmic manifestations. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical and radiological features affecting the ophthalmic manifestations in patients with PNS mucoceles involving the orbit.

Methods: Fifty-two patients underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for PNS mucoceles with orbital involvement were investigated.

Septal Cartilage Traction Suture Technique for Correction of Caudal Septal Deviation.

Objective: Correction of the caudal septum deviation is the most difficult part of the septoplasty and a common cause of revision septoplasty. The purpose of this study was to present authors' preliminary results in the treatment of patients with caudal septal deviation using the septal cartilage traction suture technique.

Study Design: Prospective, single center, observational study.

Comparative analysis of sublingual immunotherapy medicines for adherence and clinical outcomes.

Objective: Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) has been considered as an effective and safe alternative to the subcutaneous route. However, different modalities and administration methods may lead to significant changes in their adherence and clinical outcomes. The purpose of this study was to compare the adherence, efficacy, and side effects of SLIT medicines: SLITone, Lais, and Staloral.

Therapeutic efficacy of regional and systemic chemotherapy in advanced maxillary sinus cancer.

Background: To compare the efficacy of regional chemotherapy through the superficial temporal artery and systemic chemotherapy in patients with advanced maxillary sinus cancer.

Methods: Nine of 22 patients with over TNM stage III maxillary sinus cancer received regional chemotherapy and 13 received systemically. The change of tumor volume, the degree of response according to the tumor location, and side effects after chemotherapy were analyzed.

The efficacy of cotton ball packing after endoscopic sinus surgery: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Objective: The blocking of airflow into sinonasal cavity may decrease postoperative crusting and the development of adhesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of cotton ball packing in patients following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).

Methods: Thirty nine patients with chronic rhinosinusitis requiring the same extent of ESS were included.

Differential Prognostic Value of Metabolic Heterogeneity of Primary Tumor and Metastatic Lymph Nodes in Patients with Pharyngeal Cancer.

Background/aim: We aimed to explore the prognostic value of metabolic heterogeneity of F-FDG uptake in chemoradiotherapy-treated pharyngeal cancer patients.

Patients And Methods: This study included 52 consecutive patients with pharyngeal cancer who underwent F-FDG PET/CT before definitive chemoradiotherapy. The heterogeneity factor (HF) was defined as the derivative (dV/dT) of a volume-threshold function for primary tumors and metastatic lymph nodes.

Hearing aid silicone impression material as a foreign body in the middle ear.

We report an extremely rare case of hearing aid silicone impression material as a foreign body in the middle ear. Symptoms of the patient were otorrhea and vertigo after taking of a mold impression on his only hearing ear, and the symptoms mimicked chronic otitis media. A temporal bone CT scan revealed foreign body material in the middle ear and Eustachian tube.

Prognostic value of tumoral heterogeneity and volumetric parameters as measured by F18-FDG PET/CT in sinonasal cancer.

The objective of this study was to investigate the value of parameters assessed with F18-FDG PET/CT in predicting recurrence-free survival (RFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) in patients with cancer of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus. Thirty-eight patients with cancer of nasal cavity (n = 14) and paranasal sinus (n = 24) who underwent PET/CT prior to curative treatment were enrolled. A volume of interest was placed on PET/CT images covering the entire tumor volume, and the maximum SUV (SUV), the mean SUV (SUV), and volumetric parameters of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) were measured using thresholds of 40 % of SUV.

Primary tuberculosis of the eustachian tube causing otitis media with effusion.

Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction may cause pathological changes in the middle ear, including recurrent acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion (OME). Mechanical obstruction of the ET may be caused by primary tumor-like lesions arising from ET or secondary ET infiltration due to nasopharyngeal and parapharyngeal space tumor. Tuberculosis is known to affect almost every organ in the body, and it should be a concern of each and every medical practitioner.

Development and external validation of nomograms predictive of response to radiation therapy and overall survival in nasopharyngeal cancer patients.

Introduction: Large variability in the clinical outcomes has been observed among the nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) patients with the same stage receiving similar treatment. This suggests that the current Tumour-Node-Metastasis staging systems need to be refined. The nomogram is a useful predictive tool that integrates individual variables into a statistical model to predict outcome of interest.

Negative pressure wound therapy for cervical esophageal perforation with abscess.

Perforation of the cervical esophagus is a rare but life-threatening condition. Cervical esophageal perforation with abscess formation can be usually treated with conservative treatments of simple drainage and antibiotics. Aggressive surgical treatments are considered if conservative treatments fail.